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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Dairy

India is the largest producer of dairy, with an annual production of about 120 million tonnes using about 35 crore (350 million) cattle.

Cows are forced into body-breaking cycle of pregnancy, birthing and milking throughout their life (either through common bull or an equally torturous process called artificial insemination) in all the dairies. The semen for the insemination is taken forcefully from bulls by electrocuting them.

The mothers also endure a lot of misery in not being able to spend time with their babies since the calves are taken away soon after birth. Male calves are often sold for slaughter or left to die of starvation.

More than 10 million calves are slaughtered per year in India, that is 1 every 3 seconds....